Sidney K. Meier (pronounced MIRE; born February 24, 1954) is an American businessman and computer programmer. He is known for creating, designing, and producing many strategy and simulation video games, including the Civilization series.
Peter Douglas Molyneux OBE (born May 5, 1959) is an English video game designer and programmer. He created the Fable series, god games Populous, Dungeon Keeper, and Black & White, as well as Theme Park, Curiosity: What’s Inside the Cube?, and Godus. In 2012, he started 22cans, a video game development studio.
Howard Charles Lincoln was born on February 14, 1940. He is an American lawyer and businessman. He served as the former chairman of Nintendo of America.
Minoru Arakawa (荒川 實, Arakawa Minoru) was born on September 3, 1946. He is a Japanese businessman who is most famous for starting and leading Nintendo of America as its president. He also helped start a company called Tetris Online, Inc.
Satoru Iwata (Japanese: 岩田 聡; December 6, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer, and producer. From 2002 to 2015, he served as the fourth president of Nintendo and as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo of America from 2013 until his death. Iwata helped increase the popularity of video games by focusing on creative and fun games rather than the most advanced hardware.
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japanese: 山内 溥; November 7, 1927 – September 19, 2013) was the third president of Nintendo. He held this position from April 25, 1949, to May 24, 2002. He was also the main owner of the Seattle Mariners from 1992 until his death.
Yuzo Koshiro (古代 祐三, Koshiro Yūzō; born December 12, 1967) is a Japanese video game composer. He is often considered one of the most important creators in chiptune and video game music, creating music in many different styles, including rock, jazz, symphonic, and electronic styles such as house, electro, techno, and trance. He and his sister Ayano started the game development company Ancient in 1990, and he is still the president of the company.
Yu Suzuki (born June 10, 1958) is a Japanese game designer, producer, programmer, and engineer. He led Sega’s AM2 team for 18 years. He is considered one of the first key creators of video games.
Hideo Kojima (小島 秀夫, Kojima Hideo; born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer, writer, director, producer, and internet personality. He is best known for the Metal Gear franchise, which is his most famous and highly praised work, as well as the game Death Stranding and its sequel. His games are known for their cinematic style, which comes from his lifelong interest in film and literature.
Hirokazu Yasuhara (安原 広和, Yasuhara Hirokazu; born October 12, 1965), also known as Carol Yas, is a Japanese video game designer. He is most famous for creating the gameplay and levels of the first Sonic the Hedgehog video games for Sega Genesis in the 1990s. These games were based on early game tests and tools developed by Yuji Naka.